The trusty bookshelf is by far the most convenient way to store your research results. With 100 slots it offers a lot of room, but that comes at a price: You can only store Blueprints, Specimen Implants and Notes there. Unlike the Reinforced Steel Vault, it is affordable before the endgame. The Engram is available at Level 20, and there is no required Foundation tile.
To craft the Bookshelf, you need
The Reinforced Steel Vault arrived with Patch 177.0, and is a great way to store large amounts of items. However, it comes with a hefty pricetag. As you can see below it requires an impressive amount of resources, which puts it at the end-game stage.
You need the following items to craft a Reinforced Steel Vault:
Additionally you will need the relevant Engram (Lv. 65, 30 points).
The Reinforced Steel Vault must be placed on a Foundation! Due to its impressive size, and its significant weight it can’t be placed elsewhere. Careful though, if someone is able to destroy the foundation beneath it, it will be destroyed.
These are the changes of ARK: Survival Evolved’s Update 177.0, grouped into categories for clarity. If not otherwise indicated, they’re quoted from the relevant Steam Thread.
(Original Announcement on Steam)
Here are the patchnotes of the previous patch (176.0).
Silica Pearls are an essential item for anyone who wants to build electronics in ARK: Survival Evolved. Unfortunately, their acquisition often poses significant problems. This post gives you an overview of how to find them.
The key to harvesting the pearls is to recognize them. The image to the left shows a typical underwater clam populated with the pearls. You’ll be able to find these on the ocean-floor and in underwater caves. Simply pick the white pearls from the stone using your hand.
As with any underwater farming mission, certain precautions should be undertaken. For starters, before you attempt to dive deep you should make sure to kill any sharks or other hostile creatures in the area. Also be sure to take advantage of Lazarus Chowder. That’s a stew you can brew, and it reduces your Oxygen consumption underwater, which is quite handy. You can create it in the Cooking Pot using this recipe:
Patch 175.0 added a new menu for Dino-Whistle-Commands. You can access it by keeping the “T”-key pressed (or the “Whistle Follow Me”-key, should you have reassigned it).
The menu provides access to a diverse set of whistling options for your dinosaurs. Obiously they only work for tamed dinos (if you haven’t tamed one yet, here‘s a tutorial).
| Command | Effect |
| Whistle Follow All | All Dinosaurs in a certain radius will follow you. |
| Whistle Follow One | The Dinosaur you’re looking at will follow you. |
| Whistle Stop All | All Dinosaurs in a certain radius will stop. |
| Whistle Stop One | The Dinosaur you’re looking at will stop. |
| Whistle Aggressive | All Dinosaurs in a certain radius will get aggressive. That means, they’re going to attack all people and animals that aren’t a member of your tribe. |
| Whistle Neutral | All Dinosaurs in a certain radius will get neutral. That means, they’re going to abort their current attacks, but will still defend themselves should they be under attack. |
Keep in mind that the radius of the whistles is limited.
These are the changes of ARK: Survival Evolved’s Patch 176.0, grouped into categories for clarity. If not otherwise indicated, they’re quoted from the relevant Steam Thread.
(Original Announcement on Steam)
Here are the patchnotes of the previous patch (175.0), here are those of the next patch (177.0).
(Click here for the patchnotes of the previous ARK: Survival Evolved patch 175.0)
These are the changes of ARK: Survival Evolved’s Patch 175.1. If not otherwise indicated, they’re quoted from the relevant Steam Thread.
(Original announcement on Steam)
You can download the 175.0 update now, but the Linux Server was cancelled 🙁
Update:
They want to release the Linux Server today or tomorrow: http://steamcommunity.com/app/346110/discussions/0/594820656447032287/#c594820656464596462
The discovery of Gasoline is a stepping stone for any tribe. You’ll have to actually produce your fuel though, and that’s not as simple as it sounds. This short tutorial gives a step by step explanation of what to do. First of all you’re going to need Oil. You can usually find it at the bottom of the ocean, in underwater caves (a list of them is here) or in select rocks at some parts of the shore. The details of its acquisition are beyond the scope of this tutorial though. The next requirement is Hide. You should have plenty of it already, as it’s a by-product of hunting dinosaurs. Lastly you’ll need a burning material. There are several equally viable choices here, so simply pick what you have most of. That will usually be Thatch or Wood. Put all of these into a Refining Forge. Once that’s done, you’ll have to start it by clicking the “Put on fire”-button. Wait for a short time, and the first gasoline should appear in the inventory of your forge. Producing 5 items of Gasoline requires 3 oil and 5 hide. 
